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Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, February 22
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:07:22 -0800
From: Marsee Henon
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O'Reilly.com UG Program Newsletter
Hi there?
viguy Recently, Near-Time and O'Reilly Media announced a collaborative
development experiment for our new title "Software Craftsmanship"
. Now you can comment on this
book as it's being written. Help authors Dave Hoover and Adewale
Oshineye turn this into a bestseller. Read the blog post "Comment often.
Watch book grow. Have fun."
The O'Reilly School of Technology just announced a new PHP/SQL
Certificate
.
Don't forget UG members get a 30% discount with the promotion code
"ORALL1".
And we are now offering video tutorials from our Tools of Change
conference on DVD .
Topics include Digitizing Your Backlist, SEO for Book Publishers: Beyond
Book Search, XML for Publishers, and Making Mobile Work.
Travel news: Are you going to Mix 08 in Las Vegas? Let me know and I'll
put you in touch with our editors attending the show. They will be
showing off our brand new Essential Silverlight Up-To-Date book making
it's debut at the show. And don't forget I'll be at SD West March 5-6 in
Santa Clara and then off to Chicago for PyCon March 12-15.
Marsee
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In this issue:
* O'Reilly UG Program News?Just for User Group Leaders
* New Releases
* Upcoming Events
* Conference News
* School of Technology
* News from O'Reilly & Beyond
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O'Reilly UG Program News?Just for User Group Leaders
February 22, 2008
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O'Reilly News for User Group Members
February 22, 2008
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Upcoming Events
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* O'Reilly Sponsors Code4lib Conference 2008
*
* Feb 25-28, 2008 *
Embassy Suites Downtown
Portland, OR
The *Code4lib Conference* is an outgrowth of a highly successful Access
Hackfest, wrapped into a conference format. The attendees are the folks
who implement, program, administer, and manage the systems and software
libraries use. Gold sponsorship by TOC Division.
* E.A. Vander Veer on WDEV Radio Live
*
* Feb 26, 2008 *
E.A. Vander Veer (author of the new Facebook: The Missing Manual
) will be live on WDEV-AM
& FM Radio at 8:05am Central Time on February 26th, 2008. She will be
speaking for 20 minutes on various topics regarding Facebook, security,
and applications. Be sure to tune in!
* E.A. Vander Veer on WHAM Rochester New York
*
* Feb 26, 2008 *
E.A. Vander Veer (author of the new Facebook: The Missing Manual
) will be live on WHAM
Rochester NY for the Chet & Beth morning show at 8:30am Central Time on
February 26th, 2008. She will be speaking for 10 minutes on various
topics regarding Facebook, security, and applications. Be sure to tune in!
* PHP Conference *
* Feb 29, 2008 *
Inmarsat's international headquarters
London, UK
The PHP Conference represents a great opportunity for delegates with a
potential audience that includes web-developers, programmers,
open-source enthusiasts, and business-people. As well as being able to
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people at the forefront of the technology, delegates will also have the
opportunity to network with the other attendees. O'Reilly will be there,
so come and browse our latest books and benefit from a 35% discount on
the day.
* E.A. Vander Veer on the Jan Michkelson Show
*
* Feb 29, 2008 *
E.A. Vander Veer (author of the new Facebook: The Missing Manual
) will be live on the Jan
Mickelson Show for WHO-AM in Des Moines at 9:05am Central Time on
February 29th, 2008. She will be speaking for 30 minutes on various
topics regarding Facebook, security, and applications. Be sure to tune in!
* Barcamp *
* Mar 1-1, 2008 *
The MEN Media Headquarters
Manchester, UK
It's been in the works for a while now, but it finally got announced:
BarCamp is coming to Manchester! And O'Reilly will be there with all
kinds of goodies. Do come and have a chat.
* Se?n Duggan Presents a Two-Day Workshop: "Creative Collage with Adobe
Photoshop" * Sean
Duggan
* Mar 1-2, 2008 *
Monteray Adult School
Monteray, CA
This weekend workshop will focus on using Adobe Photoshop CS2 to explore
the art of the photographic composite. Explorations will range from
simple collages and blended overlays to combining two exposures of the
same scene to control contrast, to the creation of surreal,
photo-realistic flights of fancy. Topics include: masking and knockout
techniques; layers and layer groups; simple collages based on image
overlays, blend modes and opacity; advanced blending options; precision
collage control with layer masks; image transformation tools including
Free Transform and Warp; Using Smart Objects to preserve flexibility of
transformed elements; creating a photo-realistic collage from different
source photos; multi-exposure composites to control contrast; matching
color and lighting between images.
* O'Reilly at SD West *
* Mar 3-7, 2008 *
Santa Clara Convention Center
Santa Clara, CA
Stop by the O'Reilly booth (# 407) to check out our books and say hello.
* O'Reilly Beautiful Code Authors at SD West 2008
* Beautiful Code
* Mar 3, 2008 *
Santa Clara Convention Center
Santa Clara, CA
Meet Beautiful Code
Authors --
*Elliotte Rusty Harold*, Author/Adjunct Professor, Polytechnic
University; *Michael Feathers*, Senior Trainer/Mentor/Consultant, Object
Mentor; *Alberto Savoia*, CTO, Agitar Software; *Christopher Seiwald*,
CEO, Perforce.
What makes code beautiful? Is it all in the eye of the beholder or is
there an aesthetic of code we can all agree on? How important is it for
code to be beautiful? What trade-offs can or should be made in the name
of beauty? Come hear several authors of the best-selling O'Reilly book
Beautiful Code discuss these and other questions.
* O'Reilly WCF Authors at SD West 2008
*
* Mar 3-7, 2008 *
Santa Clara Convention Center
Santa Clara, CA
Meet Learning WCF
Author,
*Michele Bustamante*, Chief Architect, IDesign, Inc. and Programming WCF
Services
Author, *Juval Lowy*, President, IDesign, Inc.
* E.A. Vander Veer on the Kathryn Zox Show *
* Mar 3, 2008 *
E.A. Vander Veer (author of the new Facebook: The Missing Manual
) will be live on the
Kathryn Zox Show with WMET-AM Washington at 11:30am Central Time on
March 3rd, 2008. She will be speaking for 30 minutes on various topics
regarding Facebook, security, and applications. Be sure to tune in!
* Emerging Technology Conference (ETech)
* ETech photo
* Mar 4-6, 2008 *
San Diego, CA
The O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference (ETech) centers on future
technologies that truly matter. From robotics, health care, and space
travel to gaming, finance, and art, ETech explores promising
technologies new to the innovation horizon, and investigates those that
have been on the horizon too long.
* Jesse Liberty at MIX08 *
* Mar 5-7, 2008 *
The Venetian
Las Vegas, NV
Author Jesse Liberty (*Programming .NET 3.5*
and *Learning ASP.NET with
AJAX *) will be talking
about Microsoft Silverlight.
* O'Reilly Authors Host Book Readings at SXSW
*
* Mar 7-11, 2008 *
Austin, TX
O'Reilly authors Steve Souders (High Performance Web Sites
), Todd Wilkens
(Subject to Change ),
Michael Yuan (Nokia Smartphone Hacks
) and Thomas
Myer (Lead Generation on the Web
) are
participating in "Book Readings at the South by Bookstore" during SXSW
2008.
* O'Reilly at SXSW Interactive * SXSW
* Mar 9-11, 2008 *
Austin Convention Center
Austin, TX
The SXSW Interactive Festival brings together the world's most creative
web developers, designers, bloggers, wireless innovators, and new media
entrepreneurs. While you're there, stop by the O'Reilly booth to say hi,
and pick up some great new books.
* QCon London 2008 *
* Mar 10-14, 2008 *
The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre
London, UK
QCon London 2008 is an Enterprise Software Development Conference,
providing a venue for learning, networking, and tracking innovation in
Java, .Net, Ruby, SOA, Languages of tomorrow, Banking Architectures,
Agile, Scrum and Software Architecture and Design. Come and meet some of
our authors at our booth. Book now and quote promo code:
oreilly_qconlondon2008 and get ?50 registration discount.
* Derrick Story at Windsor Senior Computer User's Group
*
* Mar 10, 2008 *
Rohnert Park, CA
Author Derrick Story (*The Digital Photography Companion*
, *iPhoto 8:
The Missing Manual*
, and *Digital
Photography Hacks* )
presents "Digital Photography Tips, Tricks, and Stunts."
* O'Reilly at SPE (Society for Photographic Education)
*
* Mar 14-15, 2008 *
Adam's Mark Hotel
Denver, CO
The Society for Photographic Education is the longest-lived and largest
association devoted to photography and related media as it applies to
education, practice, and scholarship. While you're at the 45th National
Conference, stop by the O'Reilly booth to say hi, and check out our
great new books.
* O'Reilly at PyCon * PyCon
* Mar 14-15, 2008 *
Chicago, IL
Look for O'Reilly authors Noah Gift, Van Lindberg, and Brian
Fitzpatrick. Stop by the O'Reilly booth to say hi and pick up some great
new books.
* Se?n Duggan Presents a Week-long Seminar: Creative Photoshop
Enhancements for Photographers
*
* Mar 17-21, 2008 *
Palm Beach Photographic Centre
Delray Beach, FL
Se?n Duggan's (*The Creative Digital Darkroom*
) week-long
seminar at the Palm Beach Photographic Centre combines presentation,
artistic discovery, making photographs and exploring the creative
possibilities for image transformation in the digital darkroom.
Prerequisites include Imaging Overview or equivalent experience.
* E.A. Vander Veer on Computer Outlook Radio
*
* Mar 17, 2008 *
E.A. Vander Veer (author of the new Facebook: The Missing Manual
) will be live on
Computer Outlook Radio at 7pm Central Time on March 3rd, 2008. She will
be speaking for an hour on various topics regarding Facebook. Be sure to
tune in!
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Conference News
O'Reilly Web 2.0 Conference Web 2.0 Expo
September 16-19, 2008 in New York, NY
The Call for Participation is now open. Web 2.0 Expo is for the builders
of the next generation web: designers, developers, entrepreneurs,
marketers, business strategists, and venture capitalists. O'Reilly and
CMP are seeking the best and brightest in the Web 2.0 universe to show
the world how the next Internet Revolution is being designed and delivered.
To submit a proposal to speak at Web 2.0 Expo, click here
.
O'Reilly GSP West Conference
O'Reilly GSP West Conference
March 3-4, 2008 in San Diego, CA
This two-day conference presents a behind-the-scenes look at the
business and technology of social networking platforms. With MySpace,
Facebook, and Flickr attracting millions of visitors each day, the
implications for business, marketing, and software developers are enormous.
Use code "gspw08usrg" when you register, and receive 15% off the early
registration price. Click here
to register
for the conference.
O'Reilly ETech Conference
Registration for ETech Open
March 3-6, 2008 in San Diego, CA
Body hacking. DIY spectrum. Crowd visualization. Sensor games. ETech
2008 will explore the tech that's influencing how we're seen as
individuals and what affects our perception of the world around us.
Use code "et08usrg" when you register, and receive 15% off the early
registration price. Click here
to register for
the conference.
O'Reilly 2008 MySQL Conference & Expo Registration is Open
2008 MySQL Conference & Expo Registration is
Open
April 14-17, 2008 in Santa Clara, CA
The largest gathering of MySQL developers, users, and DBAs worldwide,
the event reflects MySQL's wide-ranging appeal and capabilities. The
open atmosphere of the MySQL Conference & Expo helps IT professionals
and community members to create the best database applications, tools,
and software through expert instruction, hands-on tutorials, readily
available MySQL developers, and guru business advice.
Use code "mys08usrg" when you register, and receive 15% off the
registration price. Early registration discount deadline ends February
26. Click here to
register for the conference.
O'Reilly Web Expo SF Conference Web Expo SF
Registration is Open
April 22-25, 2008 in San Francisco, CA
A companion event to the Web 2.0 Summit, Web 2.0 Expo is an expanded,
inclusive gathering for the technology and business communities through
a combined conference and trade show.
Use code "websf08ug" when you register, and receive 15% off the early
registration price. Click here
to register for the
conference.
O'Reilly Where 2.0 2008 is Open
Where 2.0 2008 is Open
May 12-14, 2008 in Burlingame, CA
At the O'Reilly Where 2.0 Conference, we expose the tools pushing the
boundaries of the location frontier, track the emergence of new business
models and services, and spend time examining new sources of data and
the platforms for collecting them.
Use code "whr08usrg" when you register, and receive 15% off the
registration price. Early registration discount deadline ends March 23.
Click here to
register for the conference.
O'Reilly Registration for RailsConf 2008 is Open
Registration for RailsConf 2008
is Open
May 29-June 1, 2008 in Portland, OR
Co-produced by Ruby Central and O'Reilly Media, RailsConf is "the" event
for the growing Rails Community--the largest official gathering
dedicatedto everything Rails. If you're passionate about Rails and what
it helps you achieve--or if you're curious about how Rails can help you
create web applications better and faster--this conference is the place
to be.
Use code "rc08usrg" when you register, and receive 15% off the
registration price. Click here
to register for the
conference.
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News from O'Reilly & Beyond
UG News
it 360 *Toronto Asterisk Users' Group at IT360.ca
*
The Toronto Asterisk Users' Group has been working closely with IT360.ca
conference organizers in Toronto and have put together an excellent
Asterisk track. Speakers this year include "Asterisk: The Future of
Telephony" authors Jim Van Meggelen, Leif Madsen, and Jared Smith.
*New York Times Spotlights Myths of Innovation
*
"Epiphany has little to do with either creativity or innovation.
Instead, innovation is a slow process of accretion, building small
insight upon interesting fact upon tried-and-true process" writes Janet
Rae-Dupree in her Sunday New York Times column featuring Scott Berkun's
"The Myths of Innovation."
*How to Prevent Windows Vista's 'Green Ribbon of Death'*
Here's an excerpt from "Windows Vista Annoyances" at Computerworld.
*Installfest for Schools, Four Locations in the SF Bay Area, March 1*
Signup and join an installfest in San Francisco, Berkeley, San Mateo, or
Novato, CA and help the local schools at this open source community event.
*Leo Leporte's Interview with O'Reilly author Mikkel Aaland*
*Editor Andy Oram posted several blogs exploring online technical
information and its relation to professional computer books: *
* Educating computer users: the need for community/author
collaboration
* Two tools we need to improve online information
* Developing an improved online environment for educating computer
users
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Articles
ONLamp article
*A
Look Back at 10 Years of OSI*
It's been 10 years since the Open Source Initiative was launched, and
what a 10 years it has been. Open Source has gone from an obscure and
radical concept to a vibrant sector of the software landscape. For the
10th Anniversary, our faithful newshound Federico Biancuzzi talked to
some of the early pioneers of the OSI (such as Bruce Perens and Eric
Raymond) about where it came from and how it is relevant today.
*Aperture 2.0 with Joe Schorr*
Aperture 2.0 is faster, easier to use, and produces better images, says
Joe Schorr, Apple Senior Product Manager. In this interview with Derrick
Story, Joe explains how Aperture 2.0 meets those lofty claims. This chat
covers a lot of new ground.
*Using Xenn for High Availability Clusters*
Virtualization is one approach that you can take to implementing
clusters. But you still have to arrange to handle failures in a
high-availability environment. Here's one solution, using Xen.
*Developing RESTful Web Services in Perl*
REST has become a widely used alternative to protocols such as SOAP,
providing a simpler way to tell your server what you want to do without
all that messy WSDL stuff. In this article, you'll see how to create a
RESTful web service, using Perl.
*Music Technology at NAMM 2008*
Part 1: America's biggest musical instrument
show debuted more high-tech wonders than ever this year. O'Reilly
Digital Media prowled NAMM's five massive, noisy halls to bring back
these high-tech hits.
Part 2: We're back from NAMM 2008
with even more intriguing new gadgets and gear. Once again, the
throbbing halls of America's biggest musical instrument trade show
introduced a torrent of high-tech goodness. From a $99 Steinway to a
truly killer guitar, from audible notation to singing keys, here's what
you'll be playing this year.
*Katrin Eismann's Digital Darkroom Magic*
Katrin Eismann, coauthor of The Creative Digital Darkroom, sat down with
Derrick Story at PhotoPlus Expo in New York for a chat about how the
darkroom has evolved from chemical-based to digital, and how that
evolution has influenced her approach to image making. Katrin touches on
many interesting topics, including her explanation on 3-step sharpening.
For more articles, go to: *http://www.oreillynet.com/*
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Blogs
Community Pricing for Books
Ruby Turns 15 and Other Important Stuff
10 Things Every Parent Should Know About Facebook
Mac FFOSS (Freeware/Free & Open Source Software)
Where Did the Courier & Helvetica Fonts Go?
O'Reilly Books and the Cuban Internet
Learning Flex From Scratch: Meet the Authors, Meet Flex
Sonar for your Home
For more blogs, go to: *http://www.oreillynet.com/blogs/*
Until next time?
Marsee Henon
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